A look at Houston assistant football coaches’ salaries

Houston defensive coordinator David Gibbs is among the highest-paid assistant coaches in the American Athletic Conference, according to the annual USA Today database of assistant coaches’ salaries released Thursday.

In terms of total staff pay, the Cougars’ are sixth among the eight American Athletic Conference schools to report coaches’ salaries at $1,711,680. Temple and SMU, both private institutions, did not report salary information.

Louisville had the highest staff payroll at 2,703,900, followed by Memphis ($1,987,117), Cincinnati ($1,920,000) and Rutgers ($1,805,900).